Finally! An excuse to get into RU :D
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Smogon Usage-Based Tier Update: May 2015
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i don't think you know how this works lol
AD impish john
Consumed by Darkness...
In what? Saying that charizard should be UU? I actually want that to happen and yes its just a joke lol ^_^
boxofkangaroos
this is the day of the expanding man
I honestly hope Mamo and Mega Gallade move back up to BL. They seem not so healthy to the UU metagame.
Mandibuzz, on the other hand, I am somewhat indifferent to. I'm interested to see what effect it will have on the tier and how popular it will be.
Mandibuzz, on the other hand, I am somewhat indifferent to. I'm interested to see what effect it will have on the tier and how popular it will be.
Mega Gallade was already BL'd before it had moved up to OU.
RU seems really interesting with Kindra and Flygon... Sadly, it lost Heliolisk for Rain Teams or Volt Turn Shenanigans... But well... Maybe I will play RU again... :3
Antar would you be able to combine the Doubles OU and Smogon Doubles stats? They're the same metagame, but it was renamed.
That didn't exactly answer his question.
http://pastebin.com/XC12FCas - Slightly easier to read log of the tier changes, esp. if you're only bothered about a certain tier.
RU is looking veryunbalanced fun, will definitely have to take an interest in it over the next few weeks!
RU is looking very
Damn UU is such a thief, they stole so many of our mons...our premier spinblocker, RU's best Electric-type, two of our Fairies, two of our best Psychic-types...all gone. Doublade, Heliolisk, Slurpuff, Whimsicott, Slowking, and Cresselia...all gone. And those were all great and many important Pokemon in this meta. Not to mention they stole Gligar from us the previous tier shift.
At least we did get Noivern, Scrafty, and Flygon. Now I shall finally prove that Scrafty Is The Best!!!
The other shifts are cool, and damn Magneton and Fletchinder are NU now :(... And after Fletch was so great in RU, and now it dropped ???!!!
Mamoswine will be borked though and Mandibuzz will be great in UU. Meh Gallade.
At least we did get Noivern, Scrafty, and Flygon. Now I shall finally prove that Scrafty Is The Best!!!
The other shifts are cool, and damn Magneton and Fletchinder are NU now :(... And after Fletch was so great in RU, and now it dropped ???!!!
Mamoswine will be borked though and Mandibuzz will be great in UU. Meh Gallade.
Is it possible if we could drop Gallade immediately to RU, just like we did to Medicham and Pinsir?
That never happened. Pinsir moved with the tier shift and Medicham never went below UU IIRC.
Mamo's introduction to UU would be interesting. Those stabs might turn out to be too strong for UU. Its kinda ironic that if Raikou was UU, mamo would've fared better as a electric type check there. But now that Helio is being used as the premier electric type, Mamo will find that role rather difficult in UU.
M-Banette is still RU right? RU people should just let it go, and allow Banette in a tier(NU) where it can do things other than prankster destiny bond :)
M-Banette is still RU right? RU people should just let it go, and allow Banette in a tier(NU) where it can do things other than prankster destiny bond :)
no not that. it's that pokemon moving up and down tiers is based on usage not by what smogon thinks.
This will never be funny. It's almost as bad as "Smogonbird".
It took Hippo too long to rise. It's always been a good Mon in OU that deserved high usage but never got it for some stupid reason.
I haven't really had time to play OU matches recently so there might be some recent trend I'm missing but it won't stop me from being surprised that Mamoswine dropped. I know Sash SR lead isn't as good as it used to be due to Mega Sableye and Mega Diancie existing, but LO with Freeze-Dry is still really hard to switch into and revenging Landorus is fantastic.
with doubz, cress, king gone, most of my teams are now broken apart ;_; also, hooray to a new ru without shitty cress cm wars only to rely on the crit or random assholes on the ladder bellydrumming turn 1 with puff. also, losing aboma is a clear sign that weather (rain/sun) should start reviving themselves again xD
from now until kingdra's qb, RU is going to be renamed "Rain + Dragspam : The Metagame" esp since now that the main weather annoyer is gone and snover + baby hippo were never a problem for weather in RU anyway. who the fuck wants flygon? we want gligar back D< #freegligarfromuu #givesusbackourbestdefogger
The bold was reason #125467983 why I hated RU so much during the two miserable months I played it before topping and stopping. Might as well try it again though since it's basically a brand new meta at this point. (Bye moonduck, you won't be missed!)
Lmao does no one even use Pinsir? It's dropped all the way from UU this year alone.
Also YAY SCRAFTY IS IN RU!!
Also YAY SCRAFTY IS IN RU!!
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